Gehlot cancels Ajmer visit after security concerns
July 31st, 2012 - 1:25 am ICT by IANS
Jaipur, July 30 (IANS) Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has reportedly been forced to cancel his two days tour of Ajmer following security concerns, informed sources said Monday. Gehlot's ... Read more...
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Does Kashmir’s ‘residual militancy’ still have fangs in uniform? (News Analysis)
June 19th, 2012 - 1:35 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 19 (IANS) The arrest of three policemen, reportedly for their links with separatist guerrillas, has come as an embarrassment for the Jammu and Kashmir Police and the intelligence ... Read more...
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Jharkhand offers cash rewards for 10 Maoists’ capture
May 29th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Ranchi, May 29 (IANS) The Jharkhand government has announced cash rewards of Rs.3 lakh to Rs.5 lakh on the heads of ten Maoist guerrillas operating in the state, said an ... Read more...
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Ex-ISI chief affirms political funding in 1990s polls (Lead)
March 9th, 2012 - 4:32 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, March 9 (IANS) Former director general of Pakistan's spy agency Inter-State Intelligence (ISI) Asad Durrani Friday affirmed before the Supreme Court that ex-chief of military intelligence was ... Read more...
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Clamour for aborting Chidambaram’s anti-terror hub grows (Roundup)
February 18th, 2012 - 10:13 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Kolkata, Feb 18 (IANS) The government Saturday said it had no intention to encroach upon the rights of the states while fighting terrorism. But the assurance didn't calm ... Read more...
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Re-examine provisions of anti-terror body: Jayalalithaa
February 17th, 2012 - 9:06 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, Feb 17 (IANS) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J. Jayalalithaa Friday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to re-examine the provisions of the order on setting up the National Counter ... Read more...
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Police training unit opened in Ghaziabad
January 16th, 2012 - 9:40 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, Jan 16 (IANS) A training school of the Bureau of Police Research and Development (BPRD) to impart latest investigation techniques to sleuths of central and state intelligence agencies was ... Read more...
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India’s anti-terror intelligence hub cleared (Lead)
January 12th, 2012 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) An ambitious plan of Home Minister P. Chidambaram to set up an intelligence hub that will integrate and analyse inputs on terror threats in ... Read more...
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Chidambaram’s counter-terrorism intelligence hub cleared
January 12th, 2012 - 5:59 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 12 (IANS) An ambitious plan of Home Minister P. Chidambaram to set up an intelligence hub to collate and analyse inputs on terror activities in India ... Read more...
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Security to be beefed up at Karnataka High Court
September 8th, 2011 - 11:36 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, Sep 8 (IANS) The Karnataka High Court in the city centre would be fortified from Friday with entry for the public regulated to ensure safety and security in the ... Read more...
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Tightest ever security for Ganesh immersions Sunday (Lead)
September 7th, 2011 - 9:59 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 7 (IANS) Security was tightened in Mumbai and other cities in Maharashtra Wednesday after a blast in Delhi killed 11 and injured 76, even as officials grappled with ... Read more...
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Maharashtra wants its own intelligence bureau
July 27th, 2011 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, July 27 (IANS) Maharashtra Home Minister R.R. Patil Wednesday advocated the need for a state intelligence network on the lines of the central Intelligence Bureau (IB) which can help ... Read more...
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Homes of Tamil Nadu ex-intelligence chief, official’s son raided
July 26th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, July 26 (IANS) Tamil Nadu's vigilance department Tuesday raided the houses of former state intelligence chief M.S. Jaffer Sait, a bureaucrat's son and others in a graft case.Officials ... Read more...
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Ready to quit if phone-tapping charges proved: Yeddyurappa (Lead)
July 25th, 2011 - 9:38 pm ICT by IANS
Bangalore, July 25 (IANS) A defiant Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Monday declared that he would resign from the post and active politics if the charges that state agencies ... Read more...
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Alert in Assam over ULFA strike threat
July 22nd, 2011 - 5:56 pm ICT by IANS
Guwahati, July 22 (IANS) The Assam government sounded a maximum security alert Friday after reports that a faction of the outlawed United Liberation Front of Asom (ULFA) led by commander-in-chief ... Read more...
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Gujarat riots panel questions cops on lost records
July 6th, 2011 - 10:49 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 6 (IANS) The Nanavaty-Mehta judicial inquiry commission probing the 2002 Gujarat communal riots Wednesday directed the state intelligence bureau to come clean within 10 days on the destruction ... Read more...
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Gujarat riots panel moved on destruction of police records
July 5th, 2011 - 1:24 am ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, July 4 (IANS) An NGO representing some of the victims of 2002 Gujarat riots Monday moved an application before the Nanavati-Mehta judicial inquiry commission probing these cases, seeking various ... Read more...
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Congress slams Modi for destroying 2002 riot documents
June 30th, 2011 - 5:01 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, June 30 (IANS) The Congress said Thursday that the Gujarat government had deliberately destroyed intelligence records related to the 2002 riots in the state."It is astounding that ... Read more...
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Gujarat riot victims may file plea to make cop a witness
June 21st, 2011 - 10:25 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, June 21 (IANS) A Gujarat court Tuesday allowed victims of the 2002 communal riots to file a plea for calling as witness Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Sanjiv ... Read more...
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BJP demands greater compensation for ‘willing’ Singur farmers
June 14th, 2011 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, June 14 (IANS) After the West Bengal assembly Tuesday passed the bill to return land to "unwilling" farmers in Singur, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanded greater ... Read more...
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Gujarat Congress wants key documents on 2002 riots
June 14th, 2011 - 10:06 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, June 14 (IANS) The Gujarat state Congress Tuesday filed an application before the Nanavati-Mehta Judicial Inquiry Commission probing the 2002 communal riots, seeking directions to the state government ... Read more...
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New conspiracy theory after 10 years of Nepal palace massacre
June 2nd, 2011 - 2:22 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, June 2 (IANS) As Nepal remembered its slain king Birendra Thursday, on the 10th anniversary of the infamous massacre in the palace that left 10 members of the royal ... Read more...
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Maharashtra upgrades anti-Maoist operations
May 24th, 2011 - 9:39 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 24 (IANS) In the wake of heightened Maoist activities in the state and surrounding areas, the Maharashtra government has upgraded the rank of anti-Naxal operations (ANO) chief to ... Read more...
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Modi tried to undermine court proceeding, top cop tells panel
May 23rd, 2011 - 10:43 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, May 23 (IANS) Gujarat's senior police officer Sanjeev Bhatt Monday told the Nanavati-Mehta Commission probing the 2002 riots cases that Chief Minister Narendra Modi had made attempts to ... Read more...
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41 IPS officers reshuffled in Maharashtra
May 23rd, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, May 23 (IANS) Maharashtra's Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Satya Pal Singh was shifted from being in charge of establishment to law and order in a reshuffle of ... Read more...
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Ready to name more witnesses, Gujarat cop tells probe panel (Lead)
May 16th, 2011 - 11:51 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, May 16 (IANS) Gujarat's senior IPS officer Sanjeev Bhatt told the Nanavati-Mehta commission that he could name other witnesses who would vouchsafe his presence at a crucial meeting ... Read more...
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Indonesian group holds memorial for Bin Laden
May 6th, 2011 - 5:46 am ICT by BNO News
JAKARTA, INDONESIA (BNO NEWS) -- Indonesia's Islamic Defenders Front (FPI) on Wednesday evening held a memorial to pay tribute to slain al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden, the Jakarta Post reported.Hundreds of members ... Read more...
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BJP objects to Chidambaram’s Gujarat remarks
April 27th, 2011 - 12:12 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 26 (IANS) The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has taken exception to Home Minister P. Chidambaram's remarks on a senior Gujarat police officer accusing Chief Minister Narendra ... Read more...
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Former Gujarat top cop Sreekumar seeks security for Sanjiv Bhatt
April 26th, 2011 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 26 (IANS) Former Gujarat additional director general of police R.B. Sreekumar has urged the Supreme Court-appointed Special Investigation Team to provide security to senior police officer Sanjiv ... Read more...
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Glad people are saying what they feel: Chidambaram on IPS officer
April 25th, 2011 - 2:18 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, April 25 (IANS) Welcoming the statement of senior IPS officer Sanjiv Bhatt blaming Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 communal carnage, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Monday ... Read more...
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Modi ignores cop’s affidavit, government mum on issue
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:42 pm ICT by IANS
Gandhinagar, April 23 (IANS) Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi Saturday ignored a senior police officer's affidavit directly implicating him in the 2002 riots, while the officer said he stood ... Read more...
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Former Gujarat top cop rebuts Sanjiv Bhatt’s 2002 claim
April 23rd, 2011 - 9:30 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, April 23 (IANS) Gujarat's former police chief K. Chakravarti Saturday rebutted police officer Sanjiv Bhatt's claim of being present at a meeting on Feb 27, 2002 when, according ... Read more...
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Bhatt went to Modi’s house, says driver
April 23rd, 2011 - 8:05 pm ICT by IANS
Ahmedabad, April 23 (IANS) A day after senior Gujarat Police officer Sanjiv Bhatt blamed Chief Minister Narendra Modi for the 2002 communal carnage, citing his comments at a meeting ... Read more...
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Top cop implicates Modi in Gujarat riots (Roundup)
April 22nd, 2011 - 11:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi/Ahmedabad, April 22 (IANS) Nine years after the 2002 Gujarat riots, a senior police officer who was part of the state intelligence set up then has blamed Narendra ... Read more...
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Sanjiv Bhatt - the man who took on Narendra Modi
April 22nd, 2011 - 6:06 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 22 (IANS) Top Gujarat cop Sanjiv Bhatt, who has openly challenged Chief Minister Narendra Modi by accusing him of wanting to teach Muslims a "lesson" after ... Read more...
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